Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Wings

The birdie on the wall is almost finished, I painted the wings a couple of days agoand I'm waiting for it to dry completely before adding all the white details.My finger is completely healed, the mud worked like a charm. Manolo was right :)

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Plumeria

I went with Manolo to buy some things from a little hardware store near hereyesterday afternoon and there was the most beautiful Red Plumeria tree in bloomjust outside the shop. I brought a couple of buds home and made a quick watercolor sketch with a dark navy background on my new hand●book journal.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Geninne Likes

Friday, October 22, 2010

Progress Report

I wanted to finish it today but I burned the middle finger on my right hand while making curry and the bulky bandage made it a bit challenging to hold the brush.Manolo insisted I let him put some mud on the burn and it really works...it took the pain away almost instantly :)I'm hoping to finish it over the weekend. Hope you have a good one!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Bird on the wall

Another fantastic creature came to visit this morning.This time it was on the outside of our bedroom window.It was around 3 inches from head to tail! So, so cool!Today I've finally started to paint the bird on the wall.I had to prime the birdie outline with acrylic gesso first to smooth out the surfaceand fill in all the tiny cracks and crevices of the concrete.I'm going to use Windsor & Newton oils to paint it later today.Please come by tomorrow to see the progress.*This one's for you Laura Dodson ;)

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Conversation

Monday, October 18, 2010

Giveaway winner!

Congratulations Amanda at 32 Degrees North!!!Please email me your mailing info as soon as possible.Thank you so much for playing with me!I have another little gift for everyone since you all liked the desktop calendarI posted yesterday I made one for this month too:

Click on the image above to make it largerand download from there. Enjoy! :)

Fantastic Visitors

Friday, October 15, 2010

Rockin' Giveaway!

Whew! I was finally able to upload all the painted rocks to my Etsy shop.Thank you so much for helping me choose one for the Giveaway today.The winner will win the stone with the orange birdie in the photo above!Please leave a comment in this post with your contact info.I will choose a random name Sunday evening and will announcethe winner on Monday!Have a creative Weekend friends :)

***Comments are now closed. I will announce a winner tomorrow 10/18/2010.Thank you so much for participating!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Fourteen...Seven to go.

These are a couple of photos I took of the cactus nursery we visited last weekend.It's called Quinta Schmoll and it's located in the town of Cadereytain the beautiful state of Queretaro. You can find out more about it hereand see more photos on Flickr by clicking here.I will paint seven more stones before my shop updatebut I wanted to know which one of these is your favorite...It will be the prize for a little weekend giveaway I want to host this Friday!Hope you'll help me choose one :)

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Stones Update

I'm painting these with acrylics and a couple of very fine round brushes.They're sealed with a matte varnish.A bunch of them will be available for purchase in my Etsy shop this Friday.Manolo wanted me to say 'Gracias!' for all the birthday greetings :)

Monday, October 11, 2010

Bird with Flower Pot

Apart from painting stones this weekend I was able to play with my watercolors & visit a cactus nursery where we bought a few succulents to add to our collection.And today we're celebrating my Manolo's birthday!!